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A -- VEHICLE MOUNTED MINE DETECTOR (VMMD) SOL DAAB07-97-R-6007 POC Dr. Thomas Broach, Project Engineer 703-704-1035 and Peggy A. Melanson, Contracting Officer, 703-325-6096 It is the intent of the CECOM Acquisition Center, Washington Operations Office to issue Request for Proposal DAAB07-97-R-6007 to contract for presently existing, mature and robust design of a Vehicle Mounted Mine Detector (VMMD), ready for fabrication at the time of contract award. The contractor(s) shall demonstrate at a Government facility, one (1) integrated system of sensors, mine detection algorithms and marking apparatus suitable for real-time, on-and-off-route detection of anti-tank land mines. The contractor(s) shall be totally responsible for the VMMD and it's associated components. The contract(s) will include 2-months of support services during the demonstration at 2 Government facilities, most likely Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia and the Socorro New Mexico Test Center in New Mexico. The contractor(s) shall also be responsible for Government test support and repair of modules and components. The VMMD shall be operable at a minimum detection rate of 1 km/hr. The minimum detection swath shall be 3 meters measured side-to-side. The contractor(s) shall mount his system on a High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) or its commercial equivalent. The VMMD shall be capable of detection Anti-Tank (AT) mines of various sizes and compositions, to include metallic mines, mines with minimal (less than 2 grams) metal, and mines with no metallic content, at buried depths up to 15 centimeters. Mine target detection performance goals are: Buried off route -- 90%; Surface Mines off route -- 92%; Buried Nuisance Mines on route -- 92%; Surface mines on route -- 95%; maximum False Alarm rate on route -- .06; maximum false alarm rate off route -- .25. Percentages are derived by dividing the number of mine targets detected by the number of mine targets actually emplaced, then multiplying by 100. False alarm rates are derived by calculating the number of false alarms per meter of forward progress. The VMMD shall include a real time marking system capable of temporarily marking the mine's position on the ground within one half meter of the mine's actual location. It is anticipated that RFP DAAB07-97-R-6007 will be issued in July 1997. Scheduled award date is November 1997. Multiple awards within available funding may be made. The contractor(s) will be required to participate in the VMMD Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) scheduled for June/July 1998, along with other companies already under contract to participate in the demonstration. Following the ATD the Government will enter the EMD phase. The Governments intends to limit competition of the GSTAMIDS EMD contract to the ATD participants and through a best value evaluation, award a single EMD contract in FY 99. Solicitation DAAB07-97-R-6007 will only be available on the CECOM Acquisition Center's Washington Operations Office's Electronic Bulletin Board. No hard copies will be provided. The RFP should be available mid to late July 1997 for downloading from the website, located at 128.190.157.78. Proposals will be due approximately 45 days from RFP release. Questions should be directed to the USA CECOM Acquisition Center, Washington Operations Office, ATTN: AMSEL-AC-WB-B (P. Davis), 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331, or faxed to the attention of Patricia Davis at 703-325-4995. (0171)

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